some doctor's and nurses were some cold hearted people. i think it was a response to dealing with death and destruction every day.

one day i watched something they called a "slow code". the patient was old, on life support and wouldn't live long, but the family wanted him to be kept alive as long as possible. when he went into cardiac arrest, procedure required that a code blue be announced so the right people rush to the room. the nurses and doctor working on him all started moving, i shit you not, in slow motion and talking slowly (no i wasn't high). like it was a big joke.
i still remember the nurse slowly saying;
I'll
gooooooo
get
the
cooooooode
caaaaaaaaart

it was surreal.

i get allowing the guy to die, but when the family showed up, the doctor was explaining how they did everything they could but he died. total lie. again, i get it, but don't trust them. they will maybe do what the family wants.

i'm sure the guy was happy they let him die. it just bothers me that they lied about it so easily.

some doctor's and nurses were some cold hearted people. i think it was a response to dealing with death and destruction every day.

one day i watched something they called a "slow code". the patient was old, on life support and wouldn't live long, but the family wanted him to be kept alive as long as possible. when he went into cardiac arrest, procedure required that a code blue be announced so the right people rush to the room. the nurses and doctor working on him all started moving, i shit you not, in slow motion and talking slowly (no i wasn't high). like it was a big joke.
i still remember the nurse slowly saying;
I'll
gooooooo
get
the
cooooooode
caaaaaaaaart

it was surreal.

i get allowing the guy to die, but when the family showed up, the doctor was explaining how they did everything they could but he died. total lie. again, i get it, but don't trust them. they will maybe do what the family wants.

i'm sure the guy was happy they let him die. it just bothers me that they lied about it so easily.

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I agree with you about the dishhonesty but some sort of rules need to be made so that the families cannot mandate code status.

It happened in Brazil, and it's kinda usual in public healthcare system. Last year an old lady died after a nurse mistakenly injected coffee into her vein. Didn't she know coffee is supposed to be enema-ed, Robin?